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12 Sep 2011 - Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Joseph Mutaboba today inaugurated the country's first model police station, located in the "Bairro Militar…

KABUL - Leading attorneys from northern provinces today gathered in the capital of Afghanistan for a three-day training session organized by the University of Kabul and the United Nations to more effectively implement the law…

NEWYORK - Terrorism has killed too many of our sons, daughters and mothers, our fathers, sisters and brothers. We cannot let it tear apart the human family. On the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United…

NEWYORK - The United Nations today marked the 10th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States with a solemn commemoration in the General Assembly Hall, music, poetry and a vow to intensify the…

HERAT - Afghanistan’s only female chief prosecutor Maria Bashir urged thousands of girls and women attending the largest schools and university in Herat to not be afraid and play a positive role in their communities despite…

NEW YORK - This year’s commemoration of International Literacy Day under the theme “Literacy and Peace” offers an important reminder that the critical tasks of preventing violence, calming tensions and ending conflicts all…

This year, International Literacy Day places a special focus on the essential relationship between literacy and peace. Lasting peace is founded on respect for human rights and social justice. Literacy, the foundation of all…

Thousands of Afghan girls and women learning to read, write and add are contributing to their country’s peace efforts, as the world marks this year’s Literacy Day by focusing on the link between literacy and peace. Sabria, 18…

Hundreds of delegates from governments and civil society will gather at United Nations in New York tomorrow to discuss ways to improve the lives and well-being of people with disabilities by addressing some of the challenges…

6 Sep 2011 - Progress has been made to enhance coordination between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations in order to successfully address the common challenges in the area of peace and security in Africa, the AU…